About the Authors

Kazuma Izawa

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Motoi Okada

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Sumitomo

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Naoki Nakagawa

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Yoshiaki Aizawa

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Junichi Kawabe

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kenjiro Kikuchi

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Naoyuki Hasebe

haselove@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI KK NH JK. Performed the experiments: KI MO KS NN YA. Analyzed the data: KI NH. Wrote the paper: KI MO NH. Contributed reagents and materials: KI MO KS. Contributed analysis tools: KI.